A new book from one of the best storytellers in the world.
The writer Bianca Pitzorno is very much loved in Italy and almost unknown in Russia. We have already tried to correct this misunderstanding by talking about the book “Listen to my heart” (Samokat, 2013). And now, to the story of her heroines, school friends Priska and Eliza, the author has composed a long-awaited prequel. It turns out that Priska was born before the Flood and learned to fly before Icarus, and Uncle Leopoldo beat Elise in chess with grandfather Anastasio! Why is it possible for Pitzorno to make up such tales? Because close friends always know better what you were like when you were little. Because she is one of the best storytellers in the world. Because in her books full of gentle humor and kindness, she speaks about her own post-war childhood — the pure truth.
Translated from Italian by Xenia Timenchik.
Scooter, 96 p.